“With dissatisfaction toward Washington at an all time high, the Georgia GOP might want to think carefully before choosing a 20 year Washington insider under a federal investigation as its horse on which to ride into November.” I mentioned this article yesterday. A federal grand jury is asking questions about Nathan Deal’s business deals (pun intended). Deal, for his part, says he is not the | Read More »
For those of you who have not heard, my book is coming out in two months. Some of you have emailed to ask why my front page postings have been lighter than normal, both here and at Peach Pundit. Well, now you know — I’ve been writing, just not here. You can pre-order Red State Uprising: How to Take Back America right here via the | Read More »
Here is a not so secret dirty little secret. For the past month a lot of conservatives have been nervous over Sharron Angle’s Senate bid in Nevada. Her campaign seemed uncoordinated and unprofessional — amateurishly caught off guard by the hell unleashed on her. Behind the scenes, Sharron Angle recognized she needed to regroup and reassess. For the past couple of weeks there has been | Read More »
RedState Morning Briefing For July 29, 2010 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. Did the Federal Government Cause the BP Oil Spill? 2. SB. 1070’s Stay Of Execution 3. Judd Gregg, Kent Conrad Push Massive Tax Increases in Lame Duck Session 4. Sharron Angle is in a Good Position Against Harry Reid 5. Federal Grand Jury Is Investigating | Read More »
Hot Air has the story about Jennifer Keeton. Keeton, trying to graduate from Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia, has been told she cannot get certification in counseling unless she abandons orthodox teachings of her Christian faith. You guessed it — Keeton, a Christian, is not supportive of “gay rights”. CNN has an interesting roundtable on the case of Jennifer Keeton, who has sued Augusta | Read More »
The other day I noted that Congressman Nathan Deal, back in 1993, voted to explicitly fund abortions via Planned Parenthood. I was wrong. The vote was to implicitly allow Planned Parenthood to fund abortions. As Congressman Deal explained Monday night: Politicians who vote to give your money to abortion providers can spin it anyway they like, but taxpayer dollars for one service frees up money | Read More »
Step back for a minute. It is a “known fact” that BP’s actions and handling of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon caused the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It is an actual fact that the oil spill did not start until after the oil platform sunk. There is a growing body of evidence that the Coast Guard and fire team handling the | Read More »
Sarah Palin and RedState have joined together to endorse Karen Handel for Governor of Georgia. Karen is in a nasty runoff fight with a man who has been both a Democrat and a Republican in Washington for twenty years. Today word comes that Karen’s runoff opponent, former Congressman Nathan Deal, is under a federal investigation for his attempts to force the State of Georgia to | Read More »
Nathan Deal and Karen Handel are locked in a nasty runoff fight for Governor in Georgia. Today comes word from the Atlanta Journal that a federal grand jury is investigating Nathan Deal. It doesn’t sound good. The AJC reported in August 2009 that Deal personally intervened with [Georgia Revenue Commissioner Bart] Graham and other state leaders to protect an obscure state program that earned his | Read More »
Back in 2005, when the GOP kept getting frustrated by Democrat filibusters, the GOP came up with what they called the “constitutional option” to end the filibuster. Democrats and the media referred to it as the “nuclear option.” Well, fast forward to today and lefty Ezra Klein is all in favor of the constitutional option.*
RedState Morning Briefing For July 28, 2010 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. How to Kill an Industry, or: Hello $8 Gas! 2. Charlie Rangel will not resign… 3. Kerry’s tax avoiding: right idea, wrong reason. 4. Schadenfreude Hour: Mississippi Democrats Implode
My friend Kingfish brings word of the implosion of the Mississippi Democratic Party. It is in full scale meltdown because the Chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party’s wife struck up an affair with an elected Democrat. Jamie Franks, the state chairman, is getting divorced from his wife. His wife has been having an affair with Mike Scott, the school superintendent in Lee County, MS and | Read More »
A lot of the media and all of the Democrats seem to forget one simple fact about the Bush tax cuts: they were passed in response to a recession occurring as George W. Bush and Dick Cheney entered office. Moe Lane wrote an excellent post about the impact of the Democrats not extending the Bush tax cuts, but what about what they actually did. We | Read More »
RedState Morning Briefing For July 26, 2010 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. The Facts About the Bush Tax Cuts 2. Extending tax cuts: rhetoric meets reality. 3. The American Prospect: Trig Troofers? 4. Rubber meeting the road: the 2010 Senate situation.
After my appearance on AC360 tonight to talk about Howard Dean calling Fox “racist,” I’ve got quite the odd assortment of “fan” mail. This one is pretty typical: From: Snootty Ban “somethingbad2say@gmail.com” Subject: Your *ss is RedSORE! Date: July 26, 2010 11:16:48 PM EDT To: contact@redstate.com HAHAHAHAHA! You’re one f**king stupid Swiss idiot! Why don’t you take you’re f**king white Alps *ss back to the | Read More »
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